OK'ing pipeline should be no-brainer

4:13 PM,
Mar. 2, 2013

Written by

Bob
Gibbs

The economic, energy, and national security benefits associated with building the Keystone XL Pipeline are clear. Construction of the pipeline would produce thousands of jobs, and gas prices, which are currently hovering at $3.78 per gallon in Ohio, would begin to decline. What is keeping the President from approving this critical project?

With unemployment in this country at approximately 8 percent, the economic benefit of building the pipeline and infusing jobs into our struggling economy is crucial. Construction of the pipeline would generate 20,000 shovel-ready jobs, and ...